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During the year 1 Certificate was issued to factories
under Section 34 of the Factories Act, 1937, with regard
to adequate means of escape in case of fire.
Closet Accommodation.
With the exception of a few houses, all the closet
accommodation in the Borough is on the water carriage
system.
PUBLIC CLEANSING SERVICE.
The Health Committee is responsible for the collection
and disposal of house and trade refuse, the collection
and sale of salvageable materials, and the maintenance
of Public Conveniences.
Refuse Collection and Disposal.
During the year a weekly collection of refuse was
maintained except at Bank Holiday periods, when some
delay occurred, but at all holidays the arrears were
quickly cleared, and there was no unduly long period
between collections.
Two new S. & D. Dust Carts were delivered in April,
and the whole of the fleet of vehicles used for refuse
collection has now been renewed since 1947.
All refuse is disposed of by controlled tipping at
East Wickham, and once again I have to record that no
complaints were received about the tip during the year.
In order to conserve the available tipping space as much
as possible, the practice of accepting covering material
from outside sources has been discontinued, and
practically all covering is now excavated from the site.
Salvage.
The income received from the sale of salvage
materials was a record, and this was due to the great
increase of the price paid for waste paper. The increased
price resulted in a number of private collectors setting up
in business, and a large amount of waste paper was
cleared by them, particularly from the shopping areas. In
spite of this, the tonnage collected by the Council was
approximately the same as the previous year.
Details of salvage sales for the year ended 31st
March, 1952, are set out below.
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